tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post2651141485142286057..comments2024-03-29T16:49:36.066+13:00Comments on Timespanner: St Pauls' memorial tram shelterTimespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-14000856574211051992017-01-17T08:17:06.678+13:002017-01-17T08:17:06.678+13:00The true importance of the tram shelter though, Si...The true importance of the tram shelter though, Simeon, is not its utilitarian function as part of the tram system infrastructure -- but that it was a war memorial. Very sad that it was demolished.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-16673422195072383462017-01-16T14:35:42.274+13:002017-01-16T14:35:42.274+13:00Yes, Timespanner, St Paul's has a running them...Yes, Timespanner, St Paul's has a running theme of never being finished despite multiple attempts to. It's original plan by WH Skinner was modified to suit budget & the church was consecrated in 1895 with no steeple, top butresses or chancel and the transepts constructed from wood. The plan was to complete the work later. In 1936 the chancel and transepts were finished but out of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225713073346778243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-84238656042560736412017-01-16T14:25:40.509+13:002017-01-16T14:25:40.509+13:00Hi everyone I work at St Paul's Church and am ...Hi everyone I work at St Paul's Church and am doing research on its history. The shelter was demolished in Dec 1971 due to repeat vandalism & the fact that trams had ceased in 1950s and the replacement busses had their own stop further up the street.<br />The shelter was built to mirror the main building, constructed from Rangitoto bluestone with Oamaru stone dressing. Inside were tabletsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225713073346778243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-58269265321323127502011-08-30T10:44:03.858+12:002011-08-30T10:44:03.858+12:00I suspect it was due to the roading changes. Looki...I suspect it was due to the roading changes. Looking at aerials, that corner seems to have been a bit "cut off" between 1959 and 2006. Seeing as the parish erected the tram shelter, and it was still on Anglican Diocesan land, they had every right to decide what to do with it. But St Pauls has always seemed to me to have a lopsided, unfinished look to it. As if a grand original plan has Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-4868016542374711112011-08-30T10:39:07.302+12:002011-08-30T10:39:07.302+12:00Wow! I attended St Paul's from the early 1970s...Wow! I attended St Paul's from the early 1970s to the late 1980s - later, I was possibly their youngest ever member of the Vestry (executive) - and I had no idea about this structure, though it makes sense that it was there - in my churchgoing days that entry area was always rather underwhelming. It seems kind of wrong to demolish a war memorial: I wonder if it had anything to do with the Claire Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549609289169890919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-65955398384177413622011-08-27T15:54:07.139+12:002011-08-27T15:54:07.139+12:00That is such a tragedy :(That is such a tragedy :(Sarndrahttp://invokinglibitina.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-45175449590918987852011-08-26T13:52:44.629+12:002011-08-26T13:52:44.629+12:00Cheers, Helen.Cheers, Helen.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-41332153667083336952011-08-26T12:02:53.595+12:002011-08-26T12:02:53.595+12:00Yes I agree a real tragedyYes I agree a real tragedyHelen Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129679953598828045noreply@blogger.com